| 104.1 |
Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. |
| 104.2 |
He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. |
| 104.3 |
He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind. |
| 104.4 |
He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire. |
| 104.5 |
He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. |
| 104.6 |
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. |
| 104.7 |
At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away. |
| 104.8 |
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. |
| 104.9 |
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don’t turn again to cover the earth. |
| 104.10 |
He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. |
| 104.11 |
They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. |
| 104.12 |
The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches. |
| 104.13 |
He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. |
| 104.14 |
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth: |
| 104.15 |
wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart. |
| 104.16 |
Yahweh’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted; |
| 104.17 |
where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees. |
| 104.18 |
The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. |
| 104.19 |
He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set. |
| 104.20 |
You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl. |
| 104.21 |
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. |
| 104.22 |
The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens. |
| 104.23 |
Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening. |
| 104.24 |
Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches. |
| 104.25 |
There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. |
| 104.26 |
There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. |
| 104.27 |
These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season. |
| 104.28 |
You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good. |
| 104.29 |
You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust. |
| 104.30 |
You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground. |
| 104.31 |
Let Yahweh’s glory endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works. |
| 104.32 |
He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. |
| 104.33 |
I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. |
| 104.34 |
Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh. |
| 104.35 |
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah! |
